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UCLA alums
cards of kindness
aim to lift spirits
BY ANDREA
HENTHORN
Daily Bruin reporter
The morning after
Wednesdays campus shoot-
ing, UCLA alumnus Justin
Renge drove to campus with
a bag of 50 envelopes. Each
envelop contained anony-
mou s notes a nd money,
wh ich he d istr ibuted to
random locations across the
campus.
Renge, who graduated
from UCLA in spring 2015,
said he was off campus at a
are all one family and stand
united together!
Renge, who is studying
law at Southwestern Law
School, said he could not
attend the candlelight vigil
Thursday night because he
had class, so he wanted to
give back in a different way.
Renge said he initially
passed the notes out on
Bruin Walk, but decided
to leave them in various
locations around campus
instead. The notes can be
found on desks of the Pow-
ell and Charles E. Young KELLY MA/ DA I LY BRUIN

local gym when he saw the
live news coverage of the
shooting.
My he a r t d r opp e d ,
Renge said. You hear about
stuff like this happening
from time to time, but you
dont imagine it could hap-
pen at a place like UCLA.
After the lockdown was
lifted and he confirmed his
friends at UCLA were safe,
he thought of a way to cheer
students up.
The night of the shooting,
Renge divided $75 between
50 hand-addressed, multi-
colored envelopes, which
read, Good luck on finals!
Good luck on f i na ls !
Your next snack/drink is
from a recent UCLA alum-
ni who watched in horror
as Wed nesdays tragedy
occurred, the note read.
I hope that you will even-
tually pay it forward, and
remember that we as Bruins
MICHAEL ZSCHORMACK/ A S S I STA N T
UCLA alumnus Justin Renge said he wanted to give back in some way
following Wednesdays tragic shooting incident on campus.
Research libraries, in resi- Students mourned UCLA professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering William Klug and other victims of gun violence at vigils held on Thursday and Friday.
dence hall common areas
and in the trays of vending
machines.
Though he did not know
Vigils commemorate gun violence victims
what atmosphere to expect
when he drove to campus BY KUHELIKA GHOSH
Thursday morning, he was Features & student life editor
pleasantly surprised to find
students taking graduation The plain night sky above
pictures. Bruin Plaza was lit by hundreds
(Seeing students happy) of candlelights Thursday.
made me realize that as a Students held the candles in
community, we are really silence, mourning professor Wil-
strong, Renge said. liam Klug, who was killed in a
Six people have already murder-suicide Wednesday.
reached out to Renge on The event was also held a
Facebook to thank him for day after National Gun Violence
leaving the notes. Renge Awareness Day for victims of gun
said the students told him violence.
he made their day. The Henry Samueli School of
A s Br u i n s, were a l l Engineering and Applied Sci-
one family, he said. Even ence held a vigil Friday after-
though I graduated, Im still noon. Chancellor Gene Block and
a Bruin. several colleagues spoke about
their experiences with Klug.
Email Henthorn at The undergraduate student
ahenthorn@dailybruin.com. government and the graduate
student government held anoth-
er vigil Thursday. Students, fac-
ulty, administrators and local
leaders attended, including Los
Angeles city Mayor Eric Garcetti.
After speeches, there was a
moment of silence for victims of
gun violence.
USAC cultural affairs com-
missioner Amy Shao, then asked
people to stand in a circle and
hold hands. People stepped
into the center to share their
thoughts and experiences with
P H OTO E D I TO R Wednesdays incident and gun
violence.
Selina Che, a second-year
business economics student who
attended the vigil said she want-
ed to stand in solidarity with the
campus and find comfort among
other Bruins.
Im surprised by how many
students are here, especially in
the midst of finals, Che said. It
really shows the strength of our
community.
Che s a id she t h i n k s t he
spread of misinformation during
the campus shooting caused a lot
of panic. She added she thinks
students should find confirmed
sources and not listen to rumors
spread by social media in the
future.
Prashant Bala, a first-year
business economics student, said
he thinks the murder-suicide
stemmed from mental health
problems and that more mental
health services should be pro-
vided to people.
I know UCLA did its best,
but if someone reached out to
the (shooter) before, a friend
or something, then maybe this
wouldnt have happened, Bala
said.
He added the stories people
shared at the vigil helped instill
a sense of community.
Student leaders at the vigil
also made statements about the
changes they plan to make on
campus in light of the murder-
suicide.
USAC council members orga-
nized the vigil to bring the com-
munity together as soon as pos-
sible, said Danny Siegel, USAC
president and third-year political
science student.
Siegel added the suppor t
students and faculty received
from across the country demon-
strates that the UCLA commu-
nity extends beyond the campus.
Other UC campuses, includ-
ing UC Irvine and UC Riverside,
are also holding vigils for profes-
sor Klug.
Siegel said he thinks students
and administrators should dis-
cuss student safety and address
questions about door locks,
BruinAlerts effectiveness and
preparing for active shooter situ-
ations. He added this incident
should encourage UCLA to lead a
conversation about gun violence
for the country.
Garcetti spoke at the vigil
about campus safety.
One thing I would encourage
is not to shut a campus down,
Garcetti said. It has to stay
open. Part of making sure there
is a secure campus is to make
sure people can (feel free).
He added LAPD was prepared
to make improvements for cam-
pus safety.
Dayanara Ramirez, a fourth-
year communication studies
and political science student,
said she is proud of the strong
support system UCLA students
have.
I think the moments we were
in classrooms waiting for that
all clear (translate) to this very
moment, Ramirez said. Its
really beautiful to see how our
community is coming together to
remember professor Klug.
Speakers at Fridays vigil
commended Klugs dedication to
his vocation and unreserved love
for his students.
You could always see it in
his eyes, said professor Pirouz
Kavehpour, a friend and col-
league of Klug who worked with
him in the mechanical and aero-
space engineering department.
He was excited about what he
did.
Engineering professor Jeff
Eldredge, said he noticed Klugs
brilliance as a young student at
Caltech, where Eldredge was his
teaching assistant.
The memorial service closed
with an a cappella rendition of
Imagine by John Lennon.
A GoFundMe page was cre-
ated Friday in honor of the late
professor. The page has raised
more than $100,000.
Contributing reports from Jo
Huang and Connie Zhou. Email
Ghosh at kghosh@dailybruin.
com or tweet @kuhelika14.

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